Results 1-9 of 9 for hunting speaker:David Kidney

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Oil and Gas (29 Oct 2009)

David Kidney: ...oil recovery techniques might improve overall recovery from North sea fields. The potential exists to tap more than 1 billion extra barrels using enhanced oil recovery. The Energy Minister, Lord Hunt, chaired a session on the subject with a number of key operators in Aberdeen. It proved a very useful discussion, bringing a sharper focus to some of the key challenges and stimulating ideas...

Energy Production (13 Oct 2009)

David Kidney: ...legislated to ensure developers put money aside from day one and are working to implement the recommendations Dr. Tim Stone made in his nuclear regulatory review. With my noble Friend and ministerial colleague, Lord Hunt of King's Heath, we are looking at the proposed legislative restructuring of the regulatory framework. Those efforts are what will encourage investors to make those...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Members: Correspondence (20 Jul 2009)

David Kidney: My noble colleague, Lord Hunt, responded to the hon. Member on 30 June 2009.

Written Ministerial Statements — Energy and Climate Change: Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (24 Jun 2009)

David Kidney: My noble Friend the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, today made the following statement: I am today announcing the outcome of the Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), and I am publishing a policy document, "A Prevailing Wind: Advancing UK Offshore Wind Deployment", that explains in more detail the Government's decision on the...

Orders of the Day: Legal Services Bill [Lords] (4 Jun 2007)

David Kidney: After giving evidence to the Select Committee, Sir David Clementi wrote to the Chairman, Lord Hunt of Wirral, to confirm the recommendation in his report that the judiciary should have a say in the appointment. He wrote: "In practice this is likely to mean that the senior judiciary would have representation on the Nolan type committee selection process." That is much less than is provided by...

Orders of the Day — Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill (6 Jun 2005)

David Kidney: ..., with a direct impact on our constituencies. I am happy to give examples from my constituency of work done by those bodies. For example, Cannock Chase is a huge expanse of what was once a royal hunting forest and is now managed by Staffordshire county council. It has one area of outstanding natural beauty and several sites of special scientific interest, all supported by the work of...

      TREE PROTECTION (8 Feb 2005)

Mr David Kidney: ...alleged that Charles II hid after his disastrous defeat at Worcester. Trees are valuable to our heritage. My constituency contains parts of the wonderful Cannock Chase, which was once a great royal hunting forest but is today owned by the county council. It is a mass of sites of special scientific interest, an area of outstanding natural beauty and a special area of conservation for its...

      TREE PROTECTION (8 Feb 2005)

Mr David Kidney: ...joint presentation from the Woodland Trust and the Ancient Tree Forum, in which there was strong interest among Members of both Houses. They showed us two new website projects. The first, at www.ancient-tree-hunt.org.uk, involves mapping all the ancient trees in the country. The second, at www.woodsunderthreat.info, is excellent: not only does it show any interested member of the public...

NHS Dentistry (20 May 2003)

Mr David Kidney: ..., to try to find ways to attract back into the profession retired dentists and others who have left and to try to identify local places for people from training school. At a national level, Lord Hunt, who was then a Minister, announced in 2001 a dental work force review for the country. That is not yet complete, so it would be helpful if the Minister could say whether it will be finished...